On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:41:58 -0400, Joe Gwinn <[email protected]>
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, Alexander Thesoso
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 2856 At first glance, I thought this looked like a gear-puller, and a
>> nice one with adjustable length of pull. But, then, I noticed the puny
>> little thumbscrew. All the gear-pullers I'd ever seen have some
>> provision to provide substantial pulling force or torque. For example,
>> a big knob, a hex-head for a wrench, or a rod through the head. The
>> thumbscrew is not chewed up, as it would be if an open-end wrench were
>> used on it. I thought this must be something other than a simple
>> gear-puller.
>
>It could be for clocks.
>
>Joe Gwinn
It definately is a puller, but given its not adjustable..its probably
a piece made for a given object to be removed. What that object
is...is open to question. It is 7" long..so the opening in the center
is probably 2.5". Given the thumbscrew..its not meant for something
commonly rusted or jammed on.
>
>
>
>> On 4/26/2013 5:18 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>> >> 2855 Too small and flimsy for Ice tongs.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > When researching this tool I found a number of ice tongs smaller than this
>> > one,
>> > though most of them were a more heavy duty.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> Looks like there is an
>> >> adjustment for minimum closure. I also think they are quick calipers
>> >> of some type.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > No luck yet on the second tool in this set but the rest of the answers have
>> > been
>> > posted:
>> >
>> > http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/04/set-490.html#answers
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>>
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:28:58 -0400, Leon Fisk wrote:
> My other best guess is that they fixed something
> at either blogspot or photobucket and it took a bit to get flushed out
> of my disk cache.
Photobucket had a problem when they first tried to force the new
interface (optimized for people who like to fondle their screens, I
think) on us. It didn't work in Opera 11, but more or less works in
O12. Unfortunately, Photobucket also changes the settings to add random
text to the URLs of the photos when you upload them. You can change
that back manually, but I find it intensely irritating that they changed
the setting without asking me.
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Now blogging at http://justacineast.blogspot.com
In article <[email protected]>, Alexander Thesoso
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 2856 At first glance, I thought this looked like a gear-puller, and a
> nice one with adjustable length of pull. But, then, I noticed the puny
> little thumbscrew. All the gear-pullers I'd ever seen have some
> provision to provide substantial pulling force or torque. For example,
> a big knob, a hex-head for a wrench, or a rod through the head. The
> thumbscrew is not chewed up, as it would be if an open-end wrench were
> used on it. I thought this must be something other than a simple
> gear-puller.
It could be for clocks.
Joe Gwinn
> On 4/26/2013 5:18 PM, Rob H. wrote:
> >> 2855 Too small and flimsy for Ice tongs.
> >
> >
> >
> > When researching this tool I found a number of ice tongs smaller than this
> > one,
> > though most of them were a more heavy duty.
> >
> >
> >
> >> Looks like there is an
> >> adjustment for minimum closure. I also think they are quick calipers
> >> of some type.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > No luck yet on the second tool in this set but the rest of the answers have
> > been
> > posted:
> >
> > http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/04/set-490.html#answers
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
>
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:57:02 +0000, DoN. Nichols wrote:
<snip>
> Could you *please* find a photo posting site which does not
> limit you to only Internet Explorer -- or perhaps one or two other
> Windows based programs -- or does not require you to create an account
> and log in to view the images? (I'm not sure which of the two is
> limiting me, but I refuse to create an account to test that, and I don't
> run Windows.
Like you, I refuse to use IE.
For me works fine on an Intel based computer running Ubuntu or Mint
supporting Firefox or Opera. Never had any problems accessing site or
pictures. Large image also OK, EXCEPT that where there is more than one
image for an item, ONLY the last image in the series enlarges.
Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote in news:a7kjn8pseiinhap9rvueor2tqkfsqnukbo@
4ax.com:
>>2855, maybe ice tongs for the ice delivery
>>guy?
>
> No way those are ice tongs. "Ice cube" tongs, maybe.
>
> The handles are made for a thumb and finger. Certainly, some kind of
> caliper.
>
2851 - collar for a sled dog?
2855 - I agree with you: ice cube tongs
2856 - gear or pulley puller
Rob,
on that second tool (2852)...
That smacks a great deal of those cheezy import tools you could buy at
Monkey Wards in the 1970s. Half of them never did what you want, and all
of them were poorly-painted, Cadmium-plated junk... just like that one.
That looks for all the world like the spindle is spring-loaded in the
downward position, and it's raised by squeezing the fixed handle and the
lifting handle together.
If that's the case, I'm betting it's some variety of tile drill or glass
drill.
Lloyd
Rob H. <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Tile-cutter/p/sm/1055739969.htm
AH! An attachment for another tool. That explains the odd base!
Lloyd
Stormin Mormon wrote:
> 2851, some kind of animal collar?
> 2852, don't know
> 2853, ancient carbon zinc AA cell
> 2854, power assist toilet seat for nursing homes.
> "Help, I'm on the toilet and can't get up!"
> That, or some kind of angle finder.
> 2855, maybe ice tongs for the ice delivery
> guy?
> 2856, no clue.
>
>
2855 Too small and flimsy for Ice tongs. Looks like there is an
adjustment for minimum closure. I also think they are quick calipers
of some type.
--
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sent. Sometimes the day before.
2851, some kind of animal collar?=20
2852, don't know=20
2853, ancient carbon zinc AA cell=20
2854, power assist toilet seat for nursing homes.=20
"Help, I'm on the toilet and can't get up!"=20
That, or some kind of angle finder.=20
2855, maybe ice tongs for the ice delivery=20
guy?=20
2856, no clue.=20
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]...
This week's set has been posted:
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Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
2851 Leg Shackle
2852 For pulling seals out of faucets
2853 Spanner Wrench
2854 Toe in/toe out alignment tool for horse shoes so they don't walk
sideways
2855 caliper
2856 Gear puller
Robert
"G. Ross" <
> wrote in message Stormin Mormon wrote:
>> 2851, some kind of animal collar?
>> 2852, don't know
>> 2853, ancient carbon zinc AA cell
>> 2854, power assist toilet seat for nursing
>> homes.
>> "Help, I'm on the toilet and can't get up!"
>> That, or some kind of angle finder.
>> 2855, maybe ice tongs for the ice delivery
>> guy?
>> 2856, no clue.
>>
>>
>
> 2855 Too small and flimsy for Ice tongs. Looks
> like there is an adjustment for minimum closure.
> I also think they are quick calipers of some
> type.
> --
> GW Ross
2851 Skid chains for an elephant? heh heh ... ;>)}
>2855 Too small and flimsy for Ice tongs.
When researching this tool I found a number of ice tongs smaller than this one,
though most of them were a more heavy duty.
>Looks like there is an
>adjustment for minimum closure. I also think they are quick calipers
>of some type.
No luck yet on the second tool in this set but the rest of the answers have been
posted:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/04/set-490.html#answers
Rob
On 4/25/13 5:28 PM, G. Ross wrote:
>>
>
> 2855 Too small and flimsy for Ice tongs. Looks like there is an
> adjustment for minimum closure. I also think they are quick calipers of
> some type.
>
>
I believe a ball of ice 6" in diameter would weigh about 4 pounds. One
might manage a chunk that size with these. Here's something similar:
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Metal-Iron-Ice-Coal-Tongs-VC-/151031091787?pt=Folk_Art&hash=item232a27924b>
That seems to be a common design, similar to the mystery item but for
the handles. The chain handle would make it easy to carry for a
distance, but the scissors handles would make it easy to grab ice with
one hand.
2856 At first glance, I thought this looked like a gear-puller, and a
nice one with adjustable length of pull. But, then, I noticed the puny
little thumbscrew. All the gear-pullers I'd ever seen have some
provision to provide substantial pulling force or torque. For example,
a big knob, a hex-head for a wrench, or a rod through the head. The
thumbscrew is not chewed up, as it would be if an open-end wrench were
used on it. I thought this must be something other than a simple
gear-puller.
On 4/26/2013 5:18 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>> 2855 Too small and flimsy for Ice tongs.
>
>
>
> When researching this tool I found a number of ice tongs smaller than this one,
> though most of them were a more heavy duty.
>
>
>
>> Looks like there is an
>> adjustment for minimum closure. I also think they are quick calipers
>> of some type.
>
>
>
>
> No luck yet on the second tool in this set but the rest of the answers have been
> posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/04/set-490.html#answers
>
>
>
> Rob
>
>on that second tool (2852)...
>
>That smacks a great deal of those cheezy import tools you could buy at
>Monkey Wards in the 1970s. Half of them never did what you want, and all
>of them were poorly-painted, Cadmium-plated junk... just like that one.
>
>That looks for all the world like the spindle is spring-loaded in the
>downward position, and it's raised by squeezing the fixed handle and the
>lifting handle together.
>
>If that's the case, I'm betting it's some variety of tile drill or glass
>drill.
>
>Lloyd
Good answer, turns out that tile drill is correct, I had earlier searched this
term but didn't find one like it, then someone posted the link below, which
calls it a tile cutter:
http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Tile-cutter/p/sm/1055739969.htm
> I didn't get a chance to post when they were un-answered, but
>looking at (2852),
If you haven't already seen my reply to Lloyd, check it out for the answer to
this
tool.
> Could you *please* find a photo posting site which does not
>limit you to only Internet Explorer -- or perhaps one or two other
>Windows based programs -- or does not require you to create an account
>and log in to view the images? (I'm not sure which of the two is
>limiting me, but I refuse to create an account to test that, and I don't
>run Windows.
No problem, I have another photo site in mind and will try it in the next day or
two, I'm heading out right now and won't have much time today.
Rob
In article <[email protected]>, Alexander Thesoso says...
>
>2856 At first glance, I thought this looked like a gear-puller, and a
>nice one with adjustable length of pull. But, then, I noticed the puny
>little thumbscrew. All the gear-pullers I'd ever seen have some
>provision to provide substantial pulling force or torque. For example,
>a big knob, a hex-head for a wrench, or a rod through the head. The
>thumbscrew is not chewed up, as it would be if an open-end wrench were
>used on it. I thought this must be something other than a simple
>gear-puller.
You make a good point about the thumbscrew not being adequate for good pulling
force. I'll ask the owner of this tool if he knows anything more about it and
will
post his answer when I get it.
Rob H. wrote:
>> I didn't get a chance to post when they were un-answered, but
>> looking at (2852),
> If you haven't already seen my reply to Lloyd, check it out for the answer to
> this
> tool.
>
>
>> Could you *please* find a photo posting site which does not
>> limit you to only Internet Explorer -- or perhaps one or two other
>> Windows based programs -- or does not require you to create an account
>> and log in to view the images?
Yes, thank you both. I encountered the same issue. I couldn't view the
images without creating an account either.
>> (I'm not sure which of the two is
>> limiting me, but I refuse to create an account to test that, and I don't
>> run Windows.
>
> No problem, I have another photo site in mind and will try it in the next day or
> two, I'm heading out right now and won't have much time today.
>
>
> Rob
>
On 27 Apr 2013 02:57:02 GMT
"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip>
>Could you *please* find a photo posting site which does not
>limit you to only Internet Explorer -- or perhaps one or two other
>Windows based programs -- or does not require you to create an account
>and log in to view the images? (I'm not sure which of the two is
>limiting me, but I refuse to create an account to test that, and I don't
>run Windows.
I was having some problems with this too a while back when you first
mentioned it. After a few more Opera Browser updates it went away.
Currently I'm using version 12.15 under Ubuntu Karmic/Lucid. I know you
are stuck with a much older version due to Opera dropping support for
your OS... but you might want to try having Opera mask as Firefox or
even Explorer cough, cough, ack, spit... There are two ways to do that,
via F12 (or Tools->Quick Preferences) will fool most sites or
right-click on the page where you are having trouble and select Edit
Site Preferences. In that new menu you have the ability to completely
mask as Firefox or Explorer. A complete mask can only be done on a
site-by-site basis. The first method keeps masking for all sites until
you change it back.
FWIW wget was able to download one of the larger image links just fine.
This one for example:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album16/pic2855a.jpg
I started looking into what was going amuck between Opera and
Photobucket when it first began but quit when the problem went away a
couple weeks later...
If none of that helps tell me what version of Opera you are running
again and I'll do some research.
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On 28 Apr 2013 02:44:46 GMT
"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote:
<big snip>
>It does not now matter, since Opera does work for me, but the
>version of Opera which I have is 10.11.
Okay for now, glad you got something working :) I'll make a note for
your version of Opera just in case.
At the time I thought it might have been something that Opera was
correcting via their browser.js file. But I just looked through their
latest version of browser.js and there is no mention of either blogspot
or photobucket in it. My other best guess is that they fixed something
at either blogspot or photobucket and it took a bit to get flushed out
of my disk cache.
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>> FWIW wget was able to download one of the larger image links just fine.
>> This one for example:
>>
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album16/pic2855a.jpg
>
> Great! Yes, that works for me, too. I should have tried that
>earlier. Except that the URL is hard to pry out of the browser. :-)
>
Glad to hear that the problem is solved, if you have any more similar issues
please let me know.
Rob
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:37:30 -0400
Ted Schuerzinger <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip>
>Photobucket had a problem when they first tried to force the new
>interface (optimized for people who like to fondle their screens, I
>think) on us. It didn't work in Opera 11, but more or less works in
>O12. Unfortunately, Photobucket also changes the settings to add random
>text to the URLs of the photos when you upload them. You can change
>that back manually, but I find it intensely irritating that they changed
>the setting without asking me.
I had some troubles at the time and I was running Opera 12. Been using
Opera 12 builds for maybe a year now, too lazy to figure out exactly...
At the time it seemed to clear up when I forced/downloaded the
latest browser.js update, but I think now that was just a coincidence.
In looking over the latest browser.js there is no mention in it for
either photobucket or blogspot. It was screwed up for maybe a two week
period for me. Not quite long enough for me to dig into it seriously ;-)
Thanks for the tip that Photobucket was definitely messing around
with their code at the time.
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On 4/25/2013 3:05 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
Rob I think item 2855 was made/used to find the exact same point on two
sides of an object. I'm sure I've seen one elsewhere, just can't place
it. It wold definitely be carpenter type accuracy, not machinist.
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
>
>Rob I think item 2855 was made/used to find the exact same point on two
>sides of an object. I'm sure I've seen one elsewhere, just can't place
>it. It wold definitely be carpenter type accuracy, not machinist.
Is there a different name for it than calipers? Because I haven't found any
calipers that have handles.
On 2013-04-26, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>2855 Too small and flimsy for Ice tongs.
>
>
>
> When researching this tool I found a number of ice tongs smaller than this one,
> though most of them were a more heavy duty.
>
>
>
>>Looks like there is an
>>adjustment for minimum closure. I also think they are quick calipers
>>of some type.
>
>
>
>
> No luck yet on the second tool in this set but the rest of the answers have been
> posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/04/set-490.html#answers
I didn't get a chance to post when they were un-answered, but
looking at (2852), my guess is that it is a tool for for installing the
woodworker's version of Tee-nuts (not to be confused with the
metalworkr's version, which fits into a T-slot). This is an
internally-threaded cylinder with a flange at one end which has three
spikes cut partially off and folded down parallel to the cylinder. They
are intended to fit in holes in wood and be drawn (or driven) so the
flange is flat on the wood, and the spikes are driven in to hold it in
place. A machine screw comes in from the other side to secure something
to the wood.
This tool would have the threaded shank fed through the hole (it
looks like the nuts are threaded on an outer sleeve -- but the "larger"
links still don't work for me). Anyway -- the threaded shaft goes
through the wood, the Tee-nut is threaded onto the shaft, and then the
handle is operated to pull the Tee-nut into the wood and then the crank
is turned to unscrew the threaded shaft from the Tee-nut.
Because of the lack of a working "larger" link for me, I can't
be sure -- but the tip of the threaded rod looks like it may be designed
to drill through the wood on its own -- just by crank pressure.
Could you *please* find a photo posting site which does not
limit you to only Internet Explorer -- or perhaps one or two other
Windows based programs -- or does not require you to create an account
and log in to view the images? (I'm not sure which of the two is
limiting me, but I refuse to create an account to test that, and I don't
run Windows.
Thanks,
DoN.
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On 2013-04-27, JoseP <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:57:02 +0000, DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> Could you *please* find a photo posting site which does not
>> limit you to only Internet Explorer -- or perhaps one or two other
>> Windows based programs -- or does not require you to create an account
>> and log in to view the images? (I'm not sure which of the two is
>> limiting me, but I refuse to create an account to test that, and I don't
>> run Windows.
>
> Like you, I refuse to use IE.
Good!
> For me works fine on an Intel based computer running Ubuntu or Mint
> supporting Firefox or Opera. Never had any problems accessing site or
> pictures. Large image also OK, EXCEPT that where there is more than one
> image for an item, ONLY the last image in the series enlarges.
Intersting. I get nothing from the site with Firefox -- but on
a system running Sun's Solaris OS -- and the CPU would not support
Windows anyway -- it doesn't run on an UltraSPARC CPU. :-)
Opera no longer supports Solaris -- so I can't run anything
newer than 10.11 (*way* out of date by now). And, since unlike Firefox,
it is not open source, so there is no chance of someone else making it
work there.
With FireFox, I am running 19.0.2. But I am also using
"noscript" with it, which may be turning off something which it needs to
work. (But turning things back on does not make it work.)
Maybe the site just needs an Intel CPU to work. :-(
Thanks,
DoN.
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On 2013-04-27, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I didn't get a chance to post when they were un-answered, but
>>looking at (2852),
>
> If you haven't already seen my reply to Lloyd, check it out for the answer to
> this
> tool.
Not yet -- probably somewhere downthread a bit.
>> Could you *please* find a photo posting site which does not
>>limit you to only Internet Explorer -- or perhaps one or two other
>>Windows based programs -- or does not require you to create an account
>>and log in to view the images? (I'm not sure which of the two is
>>limiting me, but I refuse to create an account to test that, and I don't
>>run Windows.
>
>
> No problem, I have another photo site in mind and will try it in the next day or
> two, I'm heading out right now and won't have much time today.
Thanks!
Enjoy,
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On 2013-04-27, Leon Fisk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 27 Apr 2013 02:57:02 GMT
> "DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
><snip>
>>Could you *please* find a photo posting site which does not
>>limit you to only Internet Explorer -- or perhaps one or two other
[ ... ]
> I was having some problems with this too a while back when you first
> mentioned it. After a few more Opera Browser updates it went away.
> Currently I'm using version 12.15 under Ubuntu Karmic/Lucid. I know you
> are stuck with a much older version due to Opera dropping support for
> your OS... but you might want to try having Opera mask as Firefox or
> even Explorer cough, cough, ack, spit... There are two ways to do that,
> via F12 (or Tools->Quick Preferences) will fool most sites or
> right-click on the page where you are having trouble and select Edit
> Site Preferences. In that new menu you have the ability to completely
> mask as Firefox or Explorer. A complete mask can only be done on a
> site-by-site basis. The first method keeps masking for all sites until
> you change it back.
I'm familiar with the masking. I was unable to use Opera at all
for a while. I had added a second Creator-3D framebuffer and turned on
Xinerama (allows spreading of a virtual screen over multiple physical
screens), and it was crashing Opera before it ever displayed anything on
the screen, and was crashing some pages in FireFox (even the latest)
when they needed JavaScript and Flash (and Flash also no longer supplies
updates for Solaris. :-(
But I replaced the two Creator-3D frambuffers with an XVR-1200
dual one, and I now have things working as desired -- and Oprea no
longer commits suicide on invocation, so I can go back to trying that.
> FWIW wget was able to download one of the larger image links just fine.
> This one for example:
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album16/pic2855a.jpg
Great! Yes, that works for me, too. I should have tried that
earlier. Except that the URL is hard to pry out of the browser. :-)
> I started looking into what was going amuck between Opera and
> Photobucket when it first began but quit when the problem went away a
> couple weeks later...
>
> If none of that helps tell me what version of Opera you are running
> again and I'll do some research.
Well ... wget helps. And Opera works for me now, even
"identifying as Opera" -- no masking needed. So they have fixed part of
the problems -- but they still have something which does not like
UltraSPARC based FireFox for whatever reason. I wonder what would
happen with an X86 based Solaris? O.K. The 5.0 version of Firefox on
that system just hangs with a blank screen. That system can't even ping
the img.photobucket.com site, though traceroute does get (slowly) out
past my own domain's machines into the ISP's world. And no problem
accessing:
http://www.gnu.org
so it is not the net access itself which is the problem, though a lot of
my machines are intentionally blocked from reaching the outside. :-)
It does not now matter, since Opera does work for me, but the
version of Opera which I have is 10.11.
Thanks,
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On 2013-04-27, Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2856 At first glance, I thought this looked like a gear-puller, and a
> nice one with adjustable length of pull. But, then, I noticed the puny
> little thumbscrew.
[ ... ]
It might be a pulley puller -- or a fan blade puller -- both of
which normally need lower forces. The thumbscrew looks like about
1-4/20, so it is for fairly small hub devices scaling up from that.
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